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The World - News from Aug. 11, 1985

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Lebanese Shia Muslim leader Nabih Berri made his strongest demand yet for the ouster of Christian President Amin Gemayel, saying “either the regime will die or all of Lebanon will.” Meanwhile, rockets hit Gemayel’s palace in suburban Baabda, east of Beirut, but the president was not there at the time. No injuries were reported. Berri, Lebanon’s justice minister in the fragile “national unity” Cabinet, told reporters that Gemayel has failed to initiate promised reforms giving Muslims equal power with the minority Christians.

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